The 2011/12 Gary Speed Memorial Thread

[Lineker]

GAZZ! COLLY! THAT PORTUGUESE GUY! WE'RE IN EUROPE NEXT SEASON

You already were?

West Brom: Foster, Jones, McAuley, Olsson, Ridgewell, Brunt, Mulumbu, Dorrans, Thomas, Fortune, Odemwingie.

Subs: Daniels, Andrews, Long, Shorey, Dawson, Cox, Scharner.

QPR: Kenny, Onuoha, Ferdinand, Hill, Taiwo, Barton, Diakite, Derry, Mackie, Zamora, Taarabt.

Subs: Cerny, Gabbidon, Traore, Buzsaky, Young, Helguson, Wright-Phillips.

Referee: Jon Moss (W Yorkshire)

Sunderland: Mignolet, Bardsley, Turner, Kilgallon, Richardson, Larsson, Gardner, Colback, McClean, Bendtner, Sessegnon.

Subs: Westwood, Bridge, Campbell, Vaughan, Ji, Meyler, Kyrgiakos.

Wolverhampton: Hennessey, Forde, Stearman, Berra, Ward, Kightly, Davis, Henry, Fletcher, Foley, Ebanks-Blake.

Subs: De Vries, Edwards, Johnson, Jarvis, Jonsson, Zubar, Doyle.

Referee: Mike Jones (Cheshire)

[Whisper]

Nice to see Norwich putting up a fight. (Y)

[Colly]

I already commented in the cup thread, but yep, big Andys pretty much guaranteed it there. Love it. Just need a promotion so I can afford to ruddy go, looking forward to Thursday night home games though.

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After today, I will be banished from here.

[Lineker]

Still, least you won't have to travel too far to go to Watford away.

[Gazz]

I already commented in the cup thread, but yep, big Andys pretty much guaranteed it there. Love it. Just need a promotion so I can afford to ruddy go, looking forward to Thursday night home games though.

The Champions League plays on Tuesdays and Wednesdays

[HailtotheYo]

Huh, that Tevez guy can play .... maybe should have had him in all year eh city ?

[Summers]

Tevez walks off during the post match interview, lol.

[Colly]

I already commented in the cup thread, but yep, big Andys pretty much guaranteed it there. Love it. Just need a promotion so I can afford to ruddy go, looking forward to Thursday night home games though.

The Champions League plays on Tuesdays and Wednesdays

I didn't want to tempt fate, you jerk!

[Crybaby Bunting]

Given Spurs' form and Chelsea's packed fixture list... it's possible that they'll buckle and we'll overtake them.

However I can also think of an evil scenario that would end up with us coming 4th and then Chelsea winning the Champions League

[Lineker]

Jonas Olsson has injured his groin during warm-up, so Craig Dawson comes in for West Brom in a late change for the Baggies. Following the midweek hammering by Manchester City, West Brom boss Roy Hodgons also brings in Peter Odemwingie, Gareth McAuley, Marc-Antoine Fortune, Chris Brunt, Liam Ridgewell and Jerome Thomas. There is just the one switch for Rangers with Shaun Derry replacing Akos Buzsaky.

Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini, after seeing his side hammer Norwich 6-1 at Carrow Road:"I think we did well without Carlos for four or five months, but I'm sure if we had Carlos with Sergio Aguero, Edin Dzeko and Mario Balotelli we would have scored more goals."

Asked if the title race was still on, Mancini said (again): "It's finished."

Also, three matches; three screens. Working weekends can sometimes be good!!

[stokeriño]

Given Spurs' form and Chelsea's packed fixture list... it's possible that they'll buckle and we'll overtake them.

However I can also think of an evil scenario that would end up with us coming 4th and then Chelsea winning the Champions League

It will never happen, but winning the Champions League whilst finishing below a 4th-placed Spurs (just because) is every Chelsea fan's dream. We would spend the entire summer laughing.

[Lineker]

West Brom take the lead vs. QPR. Cracker of a goal from Dorrans too.

[Lineker]

1-0 Swansea - Sigurdsson scores again!

[Lineker]

2-0, Blackburn are in all sorts of trouble now. Nathan Dyer with the final touch.

[Lineker]

3-0. Scott Dann own goal.

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[Blaze09]

Mancini has to be playing some Jedi mind trick, has to.

[Lineker]

Here's some stats reflecting what happened at the bottom of the table today, courtesy of Infostrada Sports:

Wolves ended a run of conceding in 30 Premier League matches in a row, and kept a first clean sheet since 27 August (against Aston Villa).

Blackburn's defeat by Swansea meant Rovers have lost their fifth consecutive top-flight match - their worst losing run since a six-match streak under Paul Ince from November to December 2008 - a run which saw him sacked.

And West Brom's win over QPR means the Baggies reached 40 points in consecutive top-flight seasons for the first time since 1983/1984 (51 points) and 1984/1985 (55 points).

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We should never, ever, hire managers who have four lettered surnames.